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psilocybin

[ sil-uh-sahy-bin, sahy-luh- ]

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. a hallucinogenic crystalline solid, C 1 2 H 1 7 N 2 O 4 P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.


psilocybin

/ ˌsaɪlə-; ˌsɪləˈsaɪbɪn /

noun

  1. a crystalline phosphate ester that is the active principle of the hallucinogenic fungus Psilocybe mexicana. Formula: C 12 H 17 N 2 O 4 P
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

psilocybin

  1. A hallucinogenic compound obtained from certain mushrooms, especially of the genus Psilocybe. Chemical formula: C 12 H 17 N 2 O 4 P.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of psilocybin1

1955–60; < New Latin Psilocyb ( e ) genus of mushrooms (< Greek īó ( s ) bare + ýŧ head) + -in 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of psilocybin1

C20: from New Latin Psilocybe (from Greek psilos bare + ܲŧ head) + -in
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Example Sentences

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Stacie and her partner were in a rough spot in their relationship when they first decided to take psilocybin together, the psychedelic drug in so-called "magic mushrooms."

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In Newman’s real life, it was a psychoactive psilocybin mushroom that, like all of them, stains blue when bruised.

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But it wasn’t psilocybin, the psychedelic drug in so-called “magic” mushrooms, but instead the world’s most charismatic fungi, the red and white fly agaric mushroom, known to scientists as Amanita muscaria.

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A Lake Elsinore man was arrested in connection with a ‘large-scale’ psilocybin operation, according to Riverside County officials.

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Meanwhile, the FDA also granted “breakthrough therapy” status to psilocybin and companies are studying its effects on depression in clinical trials with the hopes of a future approval.

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